Instead of the Thorn

“Instead of the Thorn” by Bastian Kruithof, Publsihed by Half Moon Publ. Co., Fifth Ave., New York. This historical novel, very re­cently written, goes back a century into the history of the settlement of this country to give us a pic­ture of the hardships undergone by the Dutch and of their indomitable spirit and courage in the face of disappointment. The book will be especially attractive to you, I be­lieve, because its setting is Hol­land, Michigan, a town so very familiar to many of us....